News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


United Hospital Supply Corp. exposes employees to repeat safety and health hazards at manufacturing facility in Burlington, New Jersey

News Release: Employer name: United Hospital Supply Corp. manufactures metal cabinets for laboratories and offices and is located at 4422 Route 130 South in Burlington, New Jersey.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Reuben Benjamin Coleman, age 38, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 130 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm in a school zone and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph Green (619) 546-6955 and Eric Beste (619) 546-6695.


Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Pass Fraudulent Prescriptions

News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on Nov. 19, 2015, Luke Xavier Lore, 47, formerly of Saint Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to two counts of Attempting to Acquire or Obtain a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud...


OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold a meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee on Dec. 8, 2015, in Washington, D.C.


Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Structuring More Than $200,000 in Proceeds of Drug Trafficking

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -- Jeremy Michael Murphy, 26, of Monroe, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to structure cash transactions, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Chairman Royce Welcomes Sanctions to Help Stem Violence in Burundi

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the Obama administration announced a new executive order imposing sanctions aimed at those responsible for the worsening situation in Burundi...


USDA Awards $2 Million for Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Research

Release: Washington, DC, Nov. 23, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today awarded $2 million in grants to support research on nutrition education and obesity prevention for disadvantaged children and families at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville...


Bloomer, Wisconsin, roofing contractor endangers workers, ignores safety regulations

News Release: BLOOMER, Wis. - For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer roofing contractor was found ignoring laws - twice by federal inspectors and twice by state inspectors - and putting them at risk by allowing them to work without fall protection equipment. In the latest instance, U.S. Department of Labor...


Oregon Felon Receives 10-Year Prison Term for Possessing Stolen Firearm

News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 Mitchell Wayne Brolin, 42, of Linn County, Oregon, appeared before U. S. District Judge Michael McShane and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a revolver he stole during the commission of a burglary.


Winthrop Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over  $400,000 in Government Benefits

News Release: BOSTON - Richard Alan Hersey, 63, of Winthrop, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to stealing over $400,000 in Social Security and federal pension benefits. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Feb. 23, 2016.


Deported Alien Admits Re-entering U.S. Illegally

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Atlantida, Honduras, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: This Congress, the committee has spent a great deal of time uncovering and defining the problems occurring at our borders. Today will mark the 13th hearing focused on border security and our second hearing highlighting the rising heroin epidemic across this country. These topics are closely related, as one root cause of our unsecure border is America’s insatiable demand for drugs.


BLM Seeks Public Comment for a Change of Use for Recreational and Public Purposes Act Lease

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal for a Change of Use in Clark County, NV.


Park Offers Black Friday Hiking Options

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites visitors to join them for ranger-led hikes across the park on Friday, November 27. Hikes will be offered in the Cataloochee, Elkmont, and Cades Cove areas of the park providing an outstanding opportunity for people of all ages to #OptOutside and enjoy the park.


Secretary Moniz Awards $125 Million for 41 Transformational Energy Technology Projects Ahead of COP21 in Paris

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced $125 million across 41 cutting-edge energy technologies awarded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). These new projects are funded under ARPA-E’s OPEN 2015 program and come in advance of...


Department of the Interior and New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity Sign Agreement to Further Evaluate a Gila River Water Project

News Release: PHOENIX - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water & Science Jennifer Gimbel today signed an agreement with the New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity (CAP Entity) that initiates a process to thoroughly evaluate the full range of proposed water management alternatives for the...


Power press operator loses 3 fingers at Akron metal stamping plant

News Release: Employer name: Ohio Gasket & Shim Company, Akron, Ohio


Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Rozelle Summerise, 39, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 30 years in prison for nine armed robberies, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Speedway lacking adequate workplace violence safeguards, OSHA finds

News Release: Nov. 23, 2015 BOS 2015-217. Employer name: Speedway LLC Inc., 6020 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13205. Reason for inspection: An employee working alone late at night at a company gasoline station/convenience store in South Syracuse was shot in the leg on May 10, 2015, during an armed robbery. Investigation...